BIB_ID
285986
Accession number
MA 7363.52
Creator
Swett, Lucia Gray.
Display Date
1892 Dec. 17.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.3 cm + envelope
Notes
First page(s) of the letter are missing.
Part of a large collection of letters from Lucia Gray Swett Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "your most affectionate Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Firenze) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Part of a large collection of letters from Lucia Gray Swett Alexander to Joan Severn. Items in this collection are described in individual records.
Signed "your most affectionate Mammina."
Written on stationery with "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt. Envelope with postmarks (marked Firenze) addressed to Mrs. Arthur Severn, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, Inghilterra; back flap has "Ciao" elaborately embossed in gilt.
Summary
Describing gifts sent to Severn's children. Defining "Ciao" as "a word of Venice ... which in the dialect means 'Schiavo' or slave," noting that it is used to say "your servant" or "my compliments." Noting that she has adopted it for her stationery since the blue stationery is no longer manufactured and because it serves for both herself and Francesca.
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